vattere

Neapolitan

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin battere, from Classical Latin battuere.

Pronunciation

  • (Naples) IPA(key): [ˈvattərə]
  • (numerous dialects) IPA(key): [ˈvattə]

Verb

vattere

  1. beat

References

  • AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 729: “castigare un ragazzo” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
  • Rocco, Emmanuele (1882) “vattere”, in Vocabolario del dialetto napolitano‎[1]
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